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    I think I'm going to go for the john east uni 5. I love the idea of it having pretty much everything: Passive/active. Passive tone. Bass (adjustable band) Treble (adjustable band) Mids (parametric). Flat or shape option.
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    Love mine!
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    Brilliant in my opinion. I asked a question about my nexus all valve amp and they answered my question within a day and sent me a bag of replacement fuses free of charge in the post.
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    It's absolutely everything about them (apart from the shielding).... The necks are superb. The luminous side fret markers, the high mass bridge, and the tones you can get in passive are unreal. Really loving it. Took some time to get used to where to put my fingers with it being a reverse p, but so comfy to play now and every note stands out. They're stunning in real life too, a lot nicer than the photos and videos.
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    Great stuff, I'll give that a go. Does anyone know where to buy the copper tape from? And the wire? I did it years ago on a different bass using aluminium tape I think from b & q? Got to admit, I love this charvel.
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    Balances reallynreallynwell too, no dive at all, so a nice weight and comfort.
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    Hi, I have it as just under 9lbs.
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    Open to offers.
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    Cheers all, some interesting options there.
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    Hi, I have a charvel pj too and I'm looking for a preamp. Which one did you use? Thanks.
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    Hi all, Does anyone do prewired solderless preamps? I'm after one I can fit myself so ideally a solderless one. I'd like it to have a passive / active switch and 3 band eq. Also as the bass is a p/j I'd like a blend knob. So ideally.... 1. a volume pot with push/pull for active / passive. 2. A blend pot. 3. Treble. 4. Mids. 5. Bass. Does such a thing exist?
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    In all honesty, no, unfortunately. It was the clf one as well. Really really didnt like it, no matter how much I wanted to. It was probably more to do with the band I was in, but it just didnt fit no matter what I did. Shame as it looked cool, sounded great isolated and I had a l100 which was superb and fitted any music without so much as a struggle. Just one of those weird things.
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    Unfortunately not. This is now still available.
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    In truth ...... I didnt like it. It sounded amazing on it's own- unlike any other bass. But in the mix ...... it just didnt work. No punch, no character. The only way I could get it to give a half decent sound was with what I considered the worst tone I could get out of it when solo'd. The bass i have now has passive and active options, so I'm lucky.
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    I played for years in a queen tribute with flats. Really good rock sound. Adds a lot of punch.
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    At the nut = 40mm At the 12th fret = 57mm
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    Hi, I'll have to check as I'm not at home at the moment, thanks. Off the top of my head it's a standard precision size, not daft wide like the 50s and not like a jazz.
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    This is my superb John Deacon Bass Collection precision bass. It's in natural tan with a tort scratchplate as per John's bass in Queen. I used this in the queen tribute and it sounds fantastic. It is very smooth playing action, nice neck. The dimarzio model p pickups really add a lot of quality over the stock pick ups and lots of tones are available. These are also adjustable so you can fine tune to your specific desires. The babicz bridge is probably the best upgrade out there. The sound can resonant for a long long time if needed whilst giving a great solid tone. Tuners are great and have no issues at all. Everything stays in tune well. It also has a fender headstock logo on which isnt the greatest job, but no one will ever know unless they closely inspect and then its only the colour where I sanded it back. I'm not a logo snob it was done for a tribute band photo shoot. There is a knock which isnt noticeable when playing - kind of in the corner of the side and back. I've photographed best I could. So, it looks great, plays great, sounds superb and has great upgrades on. Collection Leyland Lancashire.
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    I should perhaps clarify as I've got a bit lost - the bass sounds superb in passive mode and great in active mode. However I just assumed the 'active/preamp' side of things on all basses was almost just a boost or adjustable eq section. It didnt occur to me that the preamp would act in such a way to fully colour or affect the sounds of the bass. (it probably should have done). I see people with sadowsky, spector, darkglass and aguilar preamps and just wondered what impact they have, what difference they make to the sound and if there are comparisons etc.
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    Hi all, I have an active bass and made the mistake of going down the youtube rabbit hole regarding active basses...... bad mistake anywho, I've had active basses before (a sire v7 v2 and a g&l l2000 usa) and I just assumed the bass was the bass and that was it and most of the sound is the pickups. Now I've seen people saying change/upgrade your preamp and itll bring your pickups to life! So, my questions are: Does the preamp really change the characteristics of your bass? Is it worth doing? What preamps would work well with a pj with dimarzio pickups in? thanks in advance.
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    Just look at it as a new challenge with excitement. I've pretty much found whatever I play I somehow end up making sound like a precision anyway, so you'll soon get a sound you'll love.
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    Do you still play the san dimas?
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    I used a behringer bdi21 with my svt810 cab sim and it sounded glorious tonight. They're stunning for the money.
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